Electrical junction explained

An electrical junction is a point or area where (a) two or more conductors or (b) different semiconducting regions of differing electrical properties make physical contact.^[1] Electrical junctions types include thermoelectricity junctions, metal–semiconductor junctions and p–n junctions. Junctions are either rectifying or non-rectifying. Non-rectifying junctions comprise ohmic contacts, which are characterised by a linear current–voltage (

I - V ) relation. Electronic components employing rectifying junctions include p–n diodes, Schottky diodes and bipolar junction transistors.

See also

• Break junction
• Depletion region, also called junction region
  • Junction voltage
• Heterojunction
• Homojunction
• Josephson junction
• Nodal analysis
• p–n junction isolation

Notes and References

1. Book: A Dictionary of Electronics and Electrical Engineering . 2018 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-872572-5 . Butterfield . Andrew J. . 1 . en . 10.1093/acref/9780198725725.001.0001 . Szymanski . John.